Heilige Familie
Lodovico Mazzolino (1480-1528)

The Holy Family,

1516
Material / Technology / Carrier
Pappelholz (Populus sp.)
Dimensions of the object
62,7 x 48,5 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Genre
Malerei
Inventory number
WAF 575
Acquisition
1829 in der Privatsammlung König Ludwigs I. nachweisbar – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Lodovico Mazzolino, Heilige Familie, 1516, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/6kLa2X9G8V (Last updated on 22.07.2024)
With his profoundly moving, generally compact figures, Mazzolino—who primarily produced small-format devotional images—occupies a special place in the painting of Ferrara. The cherries that Joseph and Mary are proffering the Christ Child symbo­lically stand for the Passion and God’s love of mankind, for whose redemption he sacrificed his son.

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